5 percent of 3000 equals 150

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How much is 5 percent discount on 3000

Calculations:

• Option: calculate one percent first

  The most straightforward way of calculating percent of the number, is to find out what is one percent of the number first. One percent is one-hundredth part of something. In our case:

  3000 / 100 = 30

  Then, having one-hundredth part, take as many parts, as many percent you need (not necessarily the whole number). Here:

  5 * 30 = 150

  Thus, 5% of 3000 equals 150

• Opiton: first, get the fraction of one

  Options 1 consisted of two steps. In order to simplify the math a bit, you can divide number of percents you need to take, by 100. This will give you a fraction of one.

  If you need to take 1 percent: 1 / 100 = 0.01

  5 percent: 5 / 100 = 0.05

  35 percent: 0.35

  100 percent: 100 / 100 = 1

  For you input:

  5 / 100 = 0.05

  Having the fraction, multiply it by your number:

  0.05 * 3000 = 150

  This scenario is useful when you are using physical classic calculator or the one on your gadget, you can easily calculate first part on the fly. As you saw, dividing by 100 is extremely easy - you just move decimal point two figures left. That's why you only need to multiply 2 numbers is one step to get the result

• Example of proportion

  For some people it is easier to understand proportion. The key here is to understand that your input is 100%.

  If our scenario the question would sound like: if 3000 is 100%, how much would it be 5%?

  Proportion looks like

  3000	-is-	100%
  x	-is-	5%

  
  
  Then x = 3000 * 5 / 100 = 150

• Option: best and most convenient way

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  Calculator placed on top of this page, uses the math from the steps described above